A healthcare blockchain for the benefit of patients
A healthcare blockchain could be the optimal solution for the provider, but also for the patient.
The operations that imply the client information- personal data, patient incidents, records of treatments, lab results and consultant reports, are an important part of the healthcare industry. The processing of the personal data means security, accuracy, access, compliance with industry standards.
The digital storage is not the safest method to register the personal data. It could be a difficult problem also for the doctor and the patient. With all these problems of storage, the healthcare industry focused on the new technology: blockchain. With the blockchain for healthcare industry, the things are simpler and, also, the transmission of patient’s data is faster and safer.
Demand for integrated healthcare services:
There is a permanent demand for the centralized system of data processing. The first beneficiary of this system would be the patient. There is the need of information technology, without the necessity of manual introduction of the data. Blockchain technology works on Digital Ledger Technology (DLT) where the information is distributed, and it is very to access the information. These features of blockchain can help a lot the system of healthcare soon.
Data sharing:
With the implementation of blockchain, the errors will disappear, the duplicated data will not exist anymore and there will be a move from the traditional to the centralized data storage. The accuracy of medical data will reach new highs.
Member health management:
Now, there is a doctor specialized that identifies the problems that has the patient and, also, gives him the correct treatment. Depending on the diagnosis, the care coordinator gives to the patient recommendations, medication, and maybe a regime. Some of all these services could be replaced by an app where you register and receive the right instructions about the doctors, the nurses, and you can receive also a report about your state of health. Blockchain, instead, can register all the data of the patients in the healthcare ecosystem. Now, a care coordinator works on the manual registration of the patients. But, very soon, that coordinator could use the data to monitor and improve the patient’s health.
Smart contracts:
The smart contracts have a software where you can register automatically the conditions, the legalities and the provisions of a contract. The introduction of smart contracts decreases the number of intermediaries that work on the management and execution of patient contracts. There is a notable increasing of accuracy, speed, transparency and the costs will diminish.
These smart contracts can quantify also the well-being of the patient and the appointments of the patients. Through these smart contracts, the patient can verify in real time the eligibility.
A patient-centric industry:
Every healthcare industry should concentrate on the patient. All the problems of health that one person can have are because of the inefficiency of services. There is a hope that because of the blockchain the system of healthcare could improve.